6. Run it by me before you begin to dig into the research
April 13
Continue your weekly assignment
Important: Choose 2-3 topics for your major assignment. After, you can narrow it down to one. It is good to start with a few and see where your research takes you.
DUE DATE: MONDAY APRIL 18
ALSO: remember to now email me your weekly assignment as well as post it in the wiki. We need this for back up.
Email me here: jake_west@hotmail.com
April 18
Do the Weekly Assignment
DUE DATE: FRIDAY, APRIL 22
Prepare for the debate on Thursday. Topic:
Should Canada be more involved in international affairs?
You have to provide 5 points for both the yes and no side. This has to be in writing and is due on Thursday, April 21
Writing Assignment will begin on Wed.
May 2
Continue with Step 3 of the major assignment!
This is due Wednesday, May, 4
If you finish Step 3, come see me so we can go over your hypothesis.
If everything looks good, stat making an outline of your paper.
For those of you who missed the quiz on Friday, please answer these 3 questions:
1. CAF - Consider All Factors
You are a farmer in rural China. Your wife's brother has found work in a factory 400km south of your village. He says there is a job for you, but you have to leave your family behind as there is no place for them to stay. You are very poor and need medicine for your sick mother. CAF:
2. UWC - Under What Circumstances?
Truth is difficult to define, there are different levels of truth depending on the circumstances.
So, under what circumstances is war and aggression justified?
3. FIP - First Important Principles
What are the priorities here?
Today, Canadians will be selecting a new leader. What are your top 3 priorities for the leader of Canada?
This is due tomorrow, Tuesday, May 3
MAY 9
You should be in big time writing mode! Get moving on it! Opening parargraph + 3 more supporting argument paragraphs by Wednesday! To Refresh your memory, look at the Essay outline again. Attack!
MAY 10
Remember for your Works Cited (Bibliography) to use:
1. MLA - English and Liberal Arts Majors
2. APA - Psychology, Social Sciences, Sciences, Academia
3. Chicago - History.
Choose one style and roll with it. Throw anyone of those into Google and you will get pages of the "how to" use it.
Welcome to your Wiki
Email: jake_west@hotmail.com
"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you." B.B. King
This wiki is based upon:
Discovery Learning
And the 5 principles for your Age of Networked Intelligence:
1. Collaboration. Eg. Wikipedia.
2. Openness. Eg. Wikileaks.
3. Sharing. Eg. 2000 free courses offered online from MIT.
4. Integrity. Eg. Everything has become transparent on the Web: the democratization of industry.
5. Interdependence. Eg. Global economy: the crash of 2008 infected the entire world.
(From Macrowikinomics - Dan Tapscott - Check it out!)
April 11
Class begins.
Computer lab
Do these things:
1. Read the weekly assignment.
2. Do the weekly assignment
Due Date: Friday, April 15
3. If you finish quickly, read the major assignment on the bottom of the assignments page
4. Begin the major assignment.
5. Choose a topic for your research paper
6. Run it by me before you begin to dig into the research
April 13
Continue your weekly assignment
Important: Choose 2-3 topics for your major assignment. After, you can narrow it down to one. It is good to start with a few and see where your research takes you.
DUE DATE: MONDAY APRIL 18
ALSO: remember to now email me your weekly assignment as well as post it in the wiki. We need this for back up.
Email me here: jake_west@hotmail.com
April 18
Do the Weekly Assignment
DUE DATE: FRIDAY, APRIL 22
Prepare for the debate on Thursday. Topic:
Should Canada be more involved in international affairs?
You have to provide 5 points for both the yes and no side. This has to be in writing and is due on Thursday, April 21
Writing Assignment will begin on Wed.
May 2
Continue with Step 3 of the major assignment!
This is due Wednesday, May, 4
If you finish Step 3, come see me so we can go over your hypothesis.
If everything looks good, stat making an outline of your paper.
For those of you who missed the quiz on Friday, please answer these 3 questions:
1. CAF - Consider All Factors
You are a farmer in rural China. Your wife's brother has found work in a factory 400km south of your village. He says there is a job for you, but you have to leave your family behind as there is no place for them to stay. You are very poor and need medicine for your sick mother. CAF:
2. UWC - Under What Circumstances?
Truth is difficult to define, there are different levels of truth depending on the circumstances.
So, under what circumstances is war and aggression justified?
3. FIP - First Important Principles
What are the priorities here?
Today, Canadians will be selecting a new leader. What are your top 3 priorities for the leader of Canada?
This is due tomorrow, Tuesday, May 3
MAY 9
You should be in big time writing mode! Get moving on it! Opening parargraph + 3 more supporting argument paragraphs by Wednesday! To Refresh your memory, look at the Essay outline again. Attack!
MAY 10
Remember for your Works Cited (Bibliography) to use:
1. MLA - English and Liberal Arts Majors
2. APA - Psychology, Social Sciences, Sciences, Academia
3. Chicago - History.
Choose one style and roll with it. Throw anyone of those into Google and you will get pages of the "how to" use it.